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individual products and processes). invention; a prescription for a producible product or operable process so new as ‘not to have been obvious to one skilled in The Art’ at the time the idea was put forward. The invention furthermore has prospective utility. (futur help / match of a need). (see also “the causes of inventions on next page: more complete) Subinvention; a routine innovation / modification which a skilled practitioner in the art can be expected to make in a product or process to adapt it

Régulation des Télécommunications Rapport Annuel 2008 33 3 LES ACTIVITES INTERNATIONALES 3.1 - 5ème Conférence et Assemblée Générale Annuelles de l’AFUR Le CRT a participé à aux 5èmes Conférence et Assemblée Annuelles de l’AFUR (African Forum for Utility Regulators) qui s’est tenue du 28 au 30 avril à Accra (Ghana) avec pour thème : « Pour une régulation non-discriminatoire, la promotion de la concurrence et la protection des investisseurs ». La participation du CRT au forum a été parrainée par

2005; EREC, 2006). Solar and geothermal energy can be used directly for heating. Other energy sources are not directly usable; hence some kind of conversion process must be used to convert the energy into a different form, that is, one of direct utility (Sorensen, 1983). Fossil and renewable energy can be converted into secondary energy sources like electricity and hydrogen. Renewable resources are more evenly distributed than fossil and nuclear resources, and energy flows from renewable resources

platforms that contribute to the efficiency of Bayer's operating units. Bayer Technology Services offers integrated solutions along the life cycles of facilities, processes and products. Currenta offers services for the chemical industry, including utility supply, waste management, infrastructure, safety, security, analytics, and vocational training. This service company is a joint venture between Bayer and Lanxess. It operates the chemical park sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen, and KrefeldUerdingen, in

distribution network, the design, merchandising, advertising and quality of customer service in boutiques” (Nyeck & Roux, 1997). Nueno and Quelch (1998) and Dubois and Laurent (1993) consider luxury brands in a descriptive manner (e.g., functional utility and price, socio-demographic characteristics) without insightful conclusions. Obtaining a balance of brand image and personality, however, is critical. Figure 1 shows how the definition of luxury brand is derived from the concept of luxury. Thus,

jour dans leur usine commune, alors que dans le même temps Nissan en fabrique deux mille. De par sa présence en Asie et aux États-Unis, Nissan fabrique également des modèles très peu répandus en Europe, comme les pick-up et les dérivés 4x4 (Sport Utility Vehicles) ; en revanche, Renault fabrique beaucoup plus d’utilitaires que Nissan. Cette complémentarité s’observait également sur le plan de l’organisation et des savoir-faire : maîtrise des coûts, stratégie globale de gestion des plates-formes et

B., & Lloyd, M. (2000). The economics of employing a counsellor in general practice: analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of General Practice, 50, 276-283. Kamlet, M.S., Wade, M., Kupfer, D.J., et al. (1992). Cost-utility analysis of maintenance treatment for recurrent depression: A theoretical framework and numerical illustration. In R.G. Frank & W.G. Manning (Eds.), Economics of Mental Health, pp.267-291. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. King, M

early on the use of bank accounts to distribute its welfare benefits (under the Bolsa Familia program), and, in fact, most of the new bank account holders are welfare recipients. Second, bill payment is treated as a regulated banking service, so utility companies cannot sign up local shops as collection points, as is commonly done in other countries. On the supply side, two factors helped create a distributed network of agents. First, state resources were used effectively: state-owned Banco do Brasil

be defined as any project which increases the capacity or productivity of existing resources to contribute to the improvement of economic and social conditions of the community. The problem we have with this kind of project is how to examine his utility or economic interest for the community. Therefore, the project must be subject to an assessment of profitability based on non-economic criteria, which in this case often have priority over economic ones: strategic reasons, political, artistic opportunity

Washington, DC: Bretton Woods Commission. Bulatao, V. G. ( 1994 ) ‘An innovative approach to rural development’, Intersect 8( 10):4–5, 21. DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources) ( 1989 ) ‘The need to evolve policies to regulate the utility of underground water in Region VII’, DENR Region VII Research and Development Notes 1( 2):2, 13. Encarnation, D. ( 1998 ) ‘Foreign direct investment’, The Brookings Review 16( 3):26–29. Lensink, R. and H. White ( 1998) ‘Does the revival of international